There's a good deal of cleansing going on in today's readings. We see God using an evil vessel - Assyria (and Egypt also) to cleanse Israel of their sin and distrust. This foreign king, compared to a great river, will wash away life as the people of Israel know it, bringing in a very different way of life. Likewise, in our New Testament reading, we see life being turned upside down. People are won by kindness and compassion. People are adorned with good works rather than ornaments. People who suffer are receiving blessing and are repaying evil with good. And the mighty flood that destroyed the world brought life to those who were left behind - Noah and his family, drawn from the waters which would give death, drawn out to new life, just as people are drawn out of the waters of baptism and given new life in Christ.
May the Lord bless us to see his world through his eyes, quite a different world than the landscape we are used to seeing.
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Dave Spotts
blogging at http://capnsaltyslongvoyage.blogspot.com and http://alex-kirk.blogspot.com
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Dave Spotts
blogging at http://capnsaltyslongvoyage.blogspot.com and http://alex-kirk.blogspot.com
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